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Old 25-06-2007, 03:11 PM in reply to Jebjab's post starting "Agree with all of these.....Gibbs held..."
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Originally Posted by JEBJAB View Post
Gibbs held the world record for most number of test dissmissals[Benaud broke it]
Sorry, but that's not quite correct. Benaud took 248 test wickets and retired in 1963, when Gibbs was early in his career. It was Dennis Lillee who broke Gibbs' record - I think in the 1982-3 Ashes series - and several others have gone past since.
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